GOLDEN-EARED GRAKLE. 145 



of the above distinctions, there is a remarkable 

 peculiarity in the four longest quills of this bird, 

 each of which, near the tip, has a projecting tooth- 

 shaped emargination on the inner web, as seen in 

 the annexed cut. 



Length of bill, from the gape, 1 T 2 ^; wings, 5| 

 tail beyond, 3 ; ditto from the base, 4f ; tarsus, 1. 



